Unsafe at Any Site
A look back at Safehouse s planned supervised injection site and the U.S. attorney who helped thwart it
“The Safehouse injection site may be safe for drug addicts,” I remember a South Philly protester saying to me last February at a street protest in South Philadelphia – “But it sure as hell isn’t safe for the neighborhood.”
Thousands of South Philadelphians gathered in front of the Constitution Health Plaza at Broad and McKean streets to show their outrage that the Safehouse supervised injection site was scheduled to be opened there without their prior knowledge or consultation. The building houses medical offices as well as a children’s day care center.
Jazz ShawPosted at 12:34 pm on January 26, 2021
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For three years, William McSwain served as the U.S. Attorney representing nine counties in eastern Pennsylvania, including Philadelphia. On Friday, he retired. But before he packed up his office, he had some parting remarks including a warning to others in law enforcement in the City of Brotherly Love. Things are falling apart in terms of law and order and the situation is not improving. McSwain talked about the “disastrous” course the city is on, with violent crime on the rise. He also took a couple of subtle shots at some of the others who are charged with maintaining law and order in that region. (CBS Philadelphia)
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Judges Rule Against Opening ‘Supervised’ Site To Inject Opioids in Philadelphia
A divided federal appeals court on Jan. 12 ruled against the opening of what would be the first “supervised injection site” in the United States, saying plans for a site in Philadelphia ran afoul of a federal law originally passed to shut down drug dens.
“Though the opioid crisis may call for innovative solutions, local innovations may not break federal law,” wrote Judge Stephanos Bibas of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, siding with U.S. Attorney William McSwain of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, who had sued to block the site.